Lou Pizzileo, CPA Partner
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Louis Pizzileo is an assurance and advisory Partner at Grassi. He has over 25 years of experience serving growth-minded middle market and Fortune 500 companies. Entrepreneurial-minded, Lou recently led the firm’s efforts in assisting companies with capturing available stimulus provided by the CARES Act, including the Paycheck Protection Program. He also created and leads the firm’s SEC & Capital Markets and IT assurance practices.
As the Leader of Grassi’s SEC & Capital Markets team, Lou has guided many micro, mid, and small-cap companies through successful initial public offerings. He has also assisted existing public companies in regaining timely compliance with SEC reporting requirements. Recently, Lou led the IPO audit engagements to bring our clients, Twin Vee Powercats, Forza X1, LuxUrban, and Venu, public.
Lou’s over 25 years of experience began in the “Big 4” and regional public accounting firms. He also previously worked at the PCAOB.
Lou also works with private, owner-managed, and institutionally backed companies to help them maximize enterprise value generation and finance, tax, and operational efficiency. He provides assurance and advisory services to public and private companies within the manufacturing and distribution, technology, hospitality, and specialty finance industries.
Lou assists his clients in many roles and at various stages within their life cycle. Examples include helping an owner-managed distribution company build a financial model for bank reporting and guiding a post-IPO client as they navigate SEC reporting requirements and the audit process.
Lou recently played a key role in assisting an owner-managed software company through a $125 million private equity recapitalization. Here, he prepared the company via sell-side due diligence, stepped in as the interim CFO to support the buy-side due diligence, and built a reporting model post-close, later assisting in hiring a permanent CFO. Lou also recently helped support a real estate technology company through a $10 million sale and a large pharmaceutical company through a $600 million sale to strategic buyers.
Lou serves on his local Board of Education Audit Committee. He was also selected as an honoree for the 2012 Long Island Business News “40 Under 40” Awards. Lou is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYCPA).
Lou graduated from Long Island University with a B.S. in Accounting.